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I've never understood why people said 'in your own words.' Who else's words would I use?

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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The depth of love is revealed in its departure.
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Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.
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It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake.
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Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent. Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school. You should have resisted. That's like blaming someone who was struck by lightning for getting in the way.
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Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.
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Commitment to a plan or thought carries with it a force that can influence the unconscious mind and bring about the desired effect. In other words, once we decide to have something, the mind unconsciously begins to create the reality necessary to bring to pass what we desire.
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Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.
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In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.
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Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.
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Maybe, if we just accepted our deaths, we might finally start to live.
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When a man loses his vision of the future he dies.
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The shackles of belief, when reinforced by fear, are difficult to break free from and rarely done.
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It is a peculiar thing to believe that you know someone intimately only to find that you really do not. It is like finishing a book only to discover that you have missed several key chapters. THE LETTER Chapter 9 page 104
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The further along we get on our life journey the more we wonder about those who traveled before us and paved the road.
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We are chained to that which we do not forgive
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People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.
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The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.
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...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.
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